30 Facts About Marco Mendicino

Marco Mendicino previously served as the minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship from 2019 to 2021 and the minister of public safety from 2021 to 2023.

Marco Mendicino was born in the City of Toronto to Italian immigrant parents.

Marco Mendicino attended St Michael's Choir School and graduated high school from Michael Power St Joseph's.

Marco Mendicino worked as a federal prosecutor for ten years, during which time he was involved in the handling of the Toronto 18 terrorism case.

Marco Mendicino worked for the Law Society of Upper Canada, served as the president of the Association of Justice Counsel, and taught as an adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School.

Marco Mendicino stood for the federal nomination for the 2015 general election.

Marco Mendicino faced a major battle for the nomination after Conservative MP Eve Adams crossed the floor to join the Liberal Party.

Marco Mendicino secured the support of former interim Liberal leader Bob Rae and nearby incumbent MP Judy Sgro.

Marco Mendicino defeated Adams at the July 26,2015, nomination meeting by 1,936 to 1,100 votes.

On January 30,2017, Marco Mendicino was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada serving under Jody Wilson-Raybould.

Marco Mendicino was re-elected in the 2019 federal election and subsequently named Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship.

In December 2020, Minister Marco Mendicino tabled Bill C-8, which received royal assent on June 21,2021.

Marco Mendicino was re-elected in the 2021 federal election, and was appointed Minister of Public Safety on October 26.

Minister Marco Mendicino frequently worked alongside his Five Eyes and G7 Ministerial colleagues.

In 2021 and 2023, Minister Marco Mendicino accompanied Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly, and the Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, Mary Ng to the North American Leaders' summit.

In June 2023, Minister Marco Mendicino added the Severe Hate-Motivated Incident Support Stream to the Security Infrastructure program.

Minister Marco Mendicino oversaw the first ever invocation of the Emergencies Act in response to the 2022 Freedom Convoy protests in February 2022.

Marco Mendicino then addressed the media's questions surrounding cabinet confidence, and whether this provision would be lifted for the purposes of the public inquiry that is written into the Emergencies Act, called the Rouleau inquiry.

On February 19,2023 while speaking to Mercedes Stephenson of Global News' The West Block, Marco Mendicino did not answer whether the panel appointed to review the integrity of recent federal elections ever saw the CSIS intelligence reports that warned of attempts by China at election interference.

On March 10,2023, Marco Mendicino held a press conference to announce that the Liberal Government would begin consultations on foreign influence registry to combat Chinese interference.

Marco Mendicino took questions from the media surrounding the lack of timeline for the project, and why Canada is not acting faster, when other commonwealth nations have had established registries for foreign influence for years.

Marco Mendicino's directive called for the CSC to gather and consider information from victims as soon as a voluntary transfer request is being considered by the CSC, notify victims when they begin considering transfer applications and collect input from them in advance, and require all CSC staff to consider the proximity of victims to the insition the application for transfer lists.

Marco Mendicino said it was a "perversion of justice" to accuse Israel of genocide, given that Jews suffered during the Holocaust.

On March 19,2024, Marco Mendicino voted against a Parliamentary motion "calling on the international community to work toward a two-state solution to resolve the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians".

Marco Mendicino was heavily engaged with the Jewish community both prior and after leaving cabinet.

Marco Mendicino's riding, Eglinton-Lawrence is the Federal Electoral District with the third-largest percentage of Jewish inhabitants.

Marco Mendicino represented the Canadian government at the opening of the Toronto Holocaust Museum, delivering a speech on the importance of Holocaust remembrance.

Marco Mendicino endorsed Mark Carney in the 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election.

The National Council of Canadian Muslims criticized this appointment, saying that Marco Mendicino had shared online posts from Meir Weinstein, the former national director of the Jewish Defense League in Canada.

Marco Mendicino resigned from his seat in the House of Commons upon assuming office.